>>> two congressmen have written a blistering op-ed in the pages of the "washington post" today deeply critical of the partisan point scoring and smear mongering of the house's oversight committee chair mr. darrell maserati issa. in it, they chronicle his repeated attempts to inject politics into is the discussion of how the irs chose to police non-profits that appeared to have a particular political agenda. they write, house oversight committee chairman darrell issa led the charge, alleging this was the targeting of the president's political enmyself. other republicans followed suit, citing the enemies list out of the white house and arguing that president obama doesn't have clean hands. joining us now is one of the co-authors of that piece, democratic congressman elijah cummings of maryland. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> there have been so many instances of mr. issa's outright lies and deceit, not just over the course of this scandal, but also the feigned is controversies over benghazi, over fast and furious involving the attorney general. what will motivated yourself an